Exclusive Interview: Laidback Luke Opens Up About Mastering the Art of DJing and EDM

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Exclusive Interview: Laidback Luke Opens Up About Mastering the Art of DJing and EDM

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Right from the moment Headhunterz returned to hardstyle, the Veenendaler threw the door of his old studio behind him. There had to be a new one, in which he could raise Hard With Style to a higher level besides his own productions. This place is now finally realized after a months-long renovation. Headhunterz explained a bit of the veil here, but one of the companies that actually built the studio shows much more. According to the website of one of the builders, the company has "installed an extension in January that allows podcast recordings with multiple participants". View the footage from Headhunterz 'studio here, here, here and here.
The new Headhunterz studio is finally ready
Now that the new musical breeding ground is finished, we can secretly look forward to new enjoyment for Headhunterz's ear. In addition to the new mini-album, which will be released this year, he said earlier that he wants to bring his Hard With Style podcast to a 2.0 version. The studio would offer a solution. The last broadcast of HWS was thus even suspended to 2 February. Headhunterz apologized for this, but said that the delay for a good cause is: "It will all make sense very soon."

Above & Beyond - Always feat. Zoe Johnston (single + video)
Release date: Friday 19th January 2018
Buy/stream: Here
Youtube: Here
· Featuring vocals from Zoë Johnston, previously performing on ‘We Are All We Need’ (17M Spotify Streams), ‘Peace Of Mind’ (5M Spotify
Streams), ‘My Own Hymn’ (1.5M Spotify Streams).
· Sirius XM #1 Dance Singles: ‘Alright Now’. BPM Rotation: ‘My Own Hymn’ and ‘Northern Soul’.
· ‘Common Ground’ album tour to start December 29th at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, 60% of tickets for entire tour sold thus far.
Above & Beyond stats:
· Common Ground due Friday 26th Jan is the 4th electronic studio album for British trio Above & Beyond
· Over 3.5 million followers across Facebook, Twitter & YouTube
· 3rd album 'We Are All We Need' hit no1 in 20 countries
· Nominated for a Grammy in 2016, for best dance recording on single 'We Are All We Need feat. Zoe Johnston'
· Won 3x International Dance Music Awards
· Voted best BBC essential mix of the year in 2004 and 2011
· Top 10 of DJ Mag poll 7 years in a row
· First British DJs to sell out Madison Square Garden in NYC // first DJs anywhere in the world to sell out the iconic venue AND The Forum in LA
· Headlined Glastonbury, Creamfields, EDC, Pukkelpop & Lollapalooza // as well as sell-out 12,000 capacity shows in Sydney and Amsterdam
· 2nd highest grossing electronic act in the US after 2015 global tour
· Created 2 x Acoustic albums, leading to shows in some of the most iconic venues around the world, including: the Royal Albert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, San Francisco's Greek Theatre, Sydney Opera House, New York's Beacon Theatre
and the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu.